Richard Whittaker, editor of works & conversations, interviews:
Robert Brady / Squeak Carnwath / James Melchert
Katherine Sherwood / Livia Stein / Gale Wagner

Read the reviews:

SFGate.com — July 29, 2010
Art review: 'Local Treasures' – by Kenneth Baker
"As I looked through Local Treasures: Six Extraordinary Artists at the Berkeley Art Center, a coolly delivered but frightening line from Laurie Anderson's "O, Superman" buzzed in my head: 'Here come the planes!'...."

SquareCylinder.com — July 11, 2010
Local Treasures @ Berkeley Art Center – by David M. Roth
"Pairings of big-name artists, especially those of disparate sensibility, are always fraught propositions. One always wonders how and why such combinations appear and what the connections might be...."

East Bay Express — July 7, 2010
Work Life: The Berkeley Art Center honors six eminent East Bay artists – by DeWitt Cheng
"Robert Brady, Squeak Carnwath, Jim Melchert, Katherine Sherwood, Livia Stein, and Gale Wagner are respected, established artists and teachers, so aficionados may recognize their works in Local Treasures..."

Contra Costa Times — July 1, 2010
Conversations with artists help "Treasures" shine – by Jennifer Modenessi
"GAZING AT sculptor Gale Wagner's delicate airplanes dangling from the wood beams of the Berkeley Art Center, I was both fascinated and intrigued..."